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| alternate forms of one gene that are responsible for the traits passed from parents to offspring. |
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Reproduction in which a single parent
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| a simple form of reproduction in which single cells split into two new, identicle cells. |
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| the point where two chromosomes touch and exchange segments in crossing over during meiosis. |
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| the coied and condensed form of dna that appears during cell reproduction and division; humans have 46, arranged in 23 pairs. |
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| the exchange of segments between homologous chromosomes that occurs during meisis; this increases the number of possible gene combinations passed from parents to offspring. |
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| a cell with a complete set of chromosomes for a given species, half of which were inheried from each parent. |
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| hereditary material that controls all the activities of a cell and contains the information to make new cells and proteins. |
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